Cargill bans Viptera corn until fully approved

Cargill joins Bunge in rejecting the Syngenta hybrid until it receives full regulatory approval overseas.

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Published: Sep 1, 2011

Cargill said on Thursday it will not accept Syngenta's biotech Agrisure Viptera corn at its North American wet milling plants until the corn variety receives regulatory approval from the European Union.

Another major grain handler, Bunge North America has also barred Agrisure Viptera from its facilities, awaiting additional export market approval, particularly from China.

The genetically modified Viptera corn variety, designed to protect the crop against insect damage, represents less than 2 percent of the U.S. corn crop, Syngenta said.

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